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Najat Mahdi1, Khadija Al-Ola, Abeer M Al-Subaie, Muhallab E Ali, Zaid Al-Irhayim, A Qader Al-Irhayim, Wassim Y Almawi.
Abstract
We investigated the association of HLA class II alleles and haplotypes with sickle cell anemia vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). DRB1*100101 was positively associated, while DRB1*140101, DRB1*150101, and DQB1*060101 were negatively associated, with VOC. Both susceptible (DRB1*100101-DQB1*050101) and protective (DRB1*110101-DQB1*030101 and DRB1*150101-DQB1*060101) haplotypes were identified, indicating that HLA class II haplotypes influence VOC risk.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18272668 PMCID: PMC2292664 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00425-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X